Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [pron] have be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it 's really settling in and I 've been waiting for that to happen . ’ |
| 2 | He came in and he 'd been playing with this bloody lighter |
| 3 | Well , it 's funny cos like , she 'd , me Mum an that 's been taking her shopping down and she 's been buying it herself and like me Auntie Jean , she goes down three or four times a day sometimes and then she goes down again and it 's all missing ! |
| 4 | Ian 's temperament is something he is working on and we 've been working on all the time , but he just seems to be getting maximum publicity at the moment . ’ |
| 5 | Damned if I could make out quite what 's going on and I 've been trying hard enough . ’ |
| 6 | There had been too much ‘ talk and show ’ early on and he had been wriggling about , scraping his chair back and causing Mrs Singh to reprimand him constantly . |
| 7 | Cook had the afternoon off and she had been coming to grips with her occasional souffle , when the ‘ monster ’ had started its cacophony . |
| 8 | I had telephoned various nursing homes in the vicinity whose staff would , I thought , be more conversant with these vagaries of conduct , but they were all full up and I 'd been starting to feel desperate . |
| 9 | Before she had come here , she had had her life sorted out and everything had been running smoothly . |
| 10 | I mean I think er , when your blood pressure was found out and you 'd been taking tablets ever , so , I think it 's kept it all under control and you 've , you , we eat a sensible diet . |